From:
George James Allman
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Apr 1872
Source of text:
DAR 159: 54
Summary:
Thanks for sending translation of A. W. Malm’s paper ["On flatfishes", K. Svensk. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. N. F. 7 (1867–8) no. 4]; thinks it establishes that eye migrates across surface of head rather than through the skull.
Considers the relationship between direction of locomotion and the presence of stalked eyes in Crustacea.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
